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14Back to the main page [[Manga/SchoolRumble here]].
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16[[foldercontrol]]
17
18!!Class 2-C
19
20[[folder:Tenma Tsukamoto]]
21!!Tenma Tsukamoto
22
23->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AmiKoshimizu (JP) and Creator/LuciChristian (EN)
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25[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/SR_Tenma_910.jpg]]
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27The main female character, a ditzy airhead with a crush on Karasuma.
28----
29* AlliterativeName: Tenma Tsukamoto. Only in English. In Japanese, the first two characters don't match.
30* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Majority of the boys at school don't find her attractive, mainly because of her apparent childishness.
31* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Inverted since she's the older sister, but she was this to Yakumo as a kid, though her intentions were always pure.
32* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: She has the attention span of a schizophrenic goldfish.
33* BalloonBelly: When she eats too much.
34* BigSisterInstinct: Though she is the less mature of the two, she is nevertheless protective of Yakumo and fumes at the thought of anyone hurting her. She is also more than willing to give her relationship advice, though ill-informed.
35* BookDumb: She has some pretty bad grades.
36* CloudCuckoolander: Tenma...does not think like normal people. Needs to send her crush a love letter? Bow and arrow! Need to get out of the bathroom without being seen? Use plungers to suction cup down the wall!
37* ConvenientlySeated: Tenma sits in the back seat next to the window, with Karasuma right behind her and Harima to her right.
38* CuteClumsyGirl: She's generally known as the class klutz, though only a couple people find it cute.
39* {{Determinator}}: Whenever Karasuma is involved. [[spoiler:She even decides to become a doctor to help him after he loses his memories.]]
40* TheDitz: Tenma doesn't do well with anything that requires too much thinking.
41* DoggedNiceGirl: She just wants to spend time with Karasuma. That's all.
42* DumbIsGood: She is rather stupid, but is also friendly, willing to listen to people and help them if she sees they're down in any way, and is generally very sweet.
43* EroticEating: To Harima, Tenma looks sexy while eating Pocky (well, [[BlandNameProduct Picky]]). To Eri, she looks like a squirrel.
44* ExpressiveHair: Her two small pigtails tend to move around according to her mood.
45* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The foolish to Yakumo's responsible.
46* GenkiGirl: An incredibly energetic and cheerful girl, especially when she's a ShipperOnDeck. Its also to cover up that she's a StepfordSmiler.
47* GirlishPigtails: She has two very small ones, fitting with her girly and optimistic nature. [[EpicFail Which she forgets to hide when she disguises herself]].
48* HiddenDepths: She surprises everyone with her mad skiing skills. She's also surprisingly talented at art (like, ironically, both of her potential love interests) and not too bad at Japanese history (probably because of her fondness for "Three to Get Killed").
49* ImprobableAimingSkills: Went on bow-and-arrow spree once to [[LoveLetterLunacy deliver love letters to Karasuma]], with scarily good aim, only beatable by Karasuma's dexterity.
50* InformedAttractiveness: InUniverse, Harima insists she's the most beautiful girl in the world, but the way he sees her is different from the way any other character sees her (aka plain). Harima's cousin, Itoko, also thinks that Tenma is actually quite attractive by Japanese standards.
51* InsaneTrollLogic: Tenma sometimes slips into this line of logic. The most blatant example is coming to the conclusion that she has to play the part of the princess in "Sleeping Beauty" after Karasuma gave her a turtle.[[note]] According to her since turtles are cursed with being slow, she has to play the cursed princess. This is based on a play on the Japanese word "noroi" which can be translated to both "slow" and "curse."[[/note]]
52* TheMatchmaker: Lampshaded in the manga, saying she is only good at matchmaking. Of course, [[InformedAbility she's actually really bad at it]] due to her stupidity causing her to misunderstand everything she sees (most notably trying to pair Harima with several different girls [[ObliviousToLove without a clue as to why such a thing is futile]]).
53* {{Joshikousei}}: In her school uniform, obviously.
54* LethalChef: She cannot even get ''onigiri''[[note]] riceballs [[/note]] right.
55* {{Miko}}: She dressed like this to [[LoveLetterLunacy deliver love letters to Karasuma]].
56* NiceGirl: She’s kind to just about everyone she meets and will get along with them in not too long. This is actually the ONE thing she has in common with Yakumo.
57* ObliviousToLove: Tenma has no idea about Harima's feelings [[spoiler:until San Gakki.]]
58* OlderThanSheLooks: She is often mistaken to be younger than her sister.
59* PsychicPowers: Is telekinetic and can speak to ghosts (played for laughs).
60* PutOnABus: Following handfuls of chapters cycling between focusing on Harima's relationships with Eri and Yakumo, she finally gets her share of the focus again in the final two chapters of the manga and then leaves the country to go after Karasuma.
61* SiblingYinYang: Take a look at most of the tropes under her name, then compare them to Yakumo's. The Tsukamoto sisters are like night and day
62* ShipperOnDeck: Tenma actively supports whoever Harima is trying to pursue... [[ObliviousToLove except she didn't know it was her.]] She also, and perhaps most strongly, ships Harima with Yakumo, although she's against it at first.
63* TaremeEyes: They show her cheerful and ditzy personality.
64[[/folder]]
65
66[[folder:Kenji Harima]]
67!!Kenji Harima
68
69[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/School-Rumble_125826harima_5407.jpg]]
70[[caption-width-right:300:He's not as scary as he looks.]]
71
72->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HirokiTakahashi (JP) and Creator/BrandonPotter (EN)
73
74The main male character, an aspiring mangaka who's head over heels for Tenma. Has a younger brother named Shuuji.
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76* AccidentalMisnaming: The guy at the manga office constantly calls Harima "Tasawa". Harima calls Karasuma "Torimaru" and Yoshidayama "Yoshida".
77* AccidentalPervert: Mostly with Eri, and once during with Tenma during their first meeting.
78* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Mistakenly, to Eri. It still made her heart skip a beat though.
79* AnimalTalk: After he ditches school in shame early on, he collects an entire zoo's worth of animals and learns to communicate with them.
80* AntiMagic: He is at times immune to Yakumo's mind reading.
81* AuthorAvatar: InUniverse, of his own manga. He seems to actually believe it's not as obvious as it is.
82* BadassBiker: He has a ''very'' nice bike, though he doesn't express most of the associated tropes.
83* BookDumb: Not very bright, getting graded very poorly in everything except art and sports class. Slightly subverted when he actually pretends to be even dumber than he is just so he can be in remedial classes with Tenma.
84* ButtMonkey: If something bad can happen, it ''will'', and to him.
85* ChasteHero: He's turned down Anegasaki's advances.
86* ColorFailure: Harima goes pale after a rush to complete one of his manga, in a ShoutOut to [[Manga/TomorrowsJoe a certain boxing manga]]. Also occurred earlier in the first season when in despair after coming across Tenma happily eating together with Karasuma.
87* CoolShades: Such an iconic part of his character that no one recognizes him without them. [[spoiler:He met Tenma when he wasn't wearing them, and due to a misunderstanding, she thought [[DudeShesLikeInAComa he was trying to take advantage while she was unconscious]], so he wears them so she won't connect the two.]]
88* CluelessChickMagnet: Got the two most popular girls pining for his affection, but is absolutely clueless about it. Justified as he only cares about winning Tenma's heart.
89* {{Determinator}}: He ''jumped out of a plane'' in the manga when he thought Tenma was in trouble. And this is one of the more ''controlled'' things he's done.
90* DoggedNiceGuy: His only desires in life are to publish his manga and settle down with Tenma.
91* DudeLooksLikeALady: Was once mistaken for Mikoto when viewed from behind without his hair-band on, although he was sitting in a steam-clouded bath that covered him from the neck down.
92* DumbMuscle: Harima may not be able to read your name very well, but he can definitely bring a beatdown upon you.
93* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: He grows a beard so that Tenma won't recognize him, which Eri accidentally cuts off.
94* FaceOfAThug: And how!
95* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Shown in ''Z'' that he had met the Tsukamotos when they were kids and he may have been the reason Yakumo is the soft-spoken girl she is today.
96* FriendToAllLivingThings: Had an entire zoo living in his apartment.
97* GunsAkimbo: When fighting Hanai in the final battle of the ''Film/BattleRoyale''-style mock war.
98* HeCleansUpNicely: The FaceOfAThug goes away (mostly) once he shaves and removes the glasses.
99* HiddenDepths: Badass delinquent who is a talented artist, and a lovesick idiot.
100* HotBlooded: He has a tendency to make loud declarations while something explodes in the background. He would not be at all out of place in a shonen fighter manga.
101* HurricaneKick: Not really. Instead, played for PunnyName. When saving Tenma from a thug, Harima yells out this trope, but he doesn't spin around (just performing DynamicEntry). Instead, this is used to take note on 'What if we shorten Harima Kenji', which becomes '[=HariKen=]', which is how the the English word "Hurricane" is pronounced/spelled in Japanese.
102* IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: When Eri asked him about his preferences in women[[note]]Actually this was Tenma's idea as [[ShipperOnDeck she intends to pass the information to Yakumo]] but asked Eri to do it because she thinks it might be suspicious if she asked[[/note]], he said he finds girls who can't swim cute, and is a sucker for girls with pigtails. Given that his answer about the pigtails was intended to impress the pigtail-wearing Tenma[[note]]who he saw hiding behind a prop[[/note]], he failed to realize that Eri also hits both criteria of his preferences: namely not being able to swim and wears her hair in pigtails.
103* InSeriesNickname: Eri calls him "Hige" or "Beardy" in the manga and the Japanese sub, "Whiskers" in the English dub.
104* IShallTauntYou: Invoked for drama and [[PlayedForLaughs comedy]] during the survival games mini-arc, when he corners Mikoto and holds her at gunpoint. just long enough for Hanai to try to save her. Just as he gets within a few feet of them, Harima pulls the trigger and "kills" her, then smugly tells him he was too late, before fleeing the scene.
105* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Early on, he resolves to give up on Tenma when she seems happy with Karasuma.
106* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's a bit of a prick and he'll fight anyone who pisses him off, but for the most part he's an extremely good person who would do anything for his friends.
107* LaughingMad: When Tenma thought Harima and Eri were a couple.
108* LoveMakesYouDumb: He may not be the sharpest tool in the shed to begin with, but in anything regarding Tenma, he drops about fifty IQ points.
109* MadeOfIron: As Itoko points out, being hit by a truck going 40mph and getting out of the hospital in only ten days is fairly impressive.
110* ManlyFacialHair: Eri even calls him "hige" (beard in Japanese) and "whiskers" in the English translation. And for the badass part he's probably the toughest student in the series (with the possible exception of [[WrestlerInAllOfUs Karen Ichijou]]), since he can toss around every punk in town with ease.
111* ManlyTears: A few times, such as when he thinks his manga has failed.
112* MirrorCharacter: Although he and Hanai consider each other rivals due to the fact that he is a delinquent and Hanai is a class representative, they've got more in common than they'd like to admit -- they're both obsessed with a particular girl (both of whom happen to be sisters), HotBlooded and prone to misunderstandings, and have been known to come up with near-identical plans independently.
113* MistakenForGay: A RunningGag with him and Tani-sensei.
114* MrFanservice: He gets lots of shirtless scenes to show off his ripped body. During the BeachEpisode, Eri accidentally walked in on him naked, and for the next few days can't stop thinking of... ''that''.
115* ObliviousToLove: See CluelessChickMagnet. He can be excused for not realising he'd managed to attract [[ShrinkingViolet Yakumo's]] affections as she is aware of his feelings for her sister Tenma and keeps them to herself as a result. On the other hand, it's really rather clueless of him to not pick up on Eri's feelings, as she doesn't conceal them nearly as well. He at least has the excuse that she's so {{Tsundere}} that it's hard for him to even imagine that the beautiful rich girl would fall for a rowdy delinquent like him.
116* PaperThinDisguise: He dressed up as a fortune teller and neither Mikoto nor Eri were fooled. On the other hand, almost nobody can recognize him without his glasses.
117* RetiredBadass: His love for Tenma has caused him to abandon his delinquent ways.
118* RightForTheWrongReasons: He correctly deduced that Yakumo can read minds, coming to this conclusion by noting that her guesses about the nature of his manga are too spot on, despite his best efforts of hiding it. He's right about the reading minds thing, but is completely wrong about how Yakumo figured out his crush on Tenma.[[note]]she noticed how the main characters [[WriteWhoYouKnow look like him and Tenma, and noted that said main characters wound up in a relationship]]. Also, while Yakumo can read minds, the one person whose mind she can't read is Harima's, something that she tries to explain but fails.[[/note]]
119* SatelliteLoveInterest: Deconstructed. He starts to forget why he likes Tenma in the first place, and also starts to believe his attraction to her is almost compulsive.
120* ScarsAreForever: He has a scar on his back which he got from saving Tenma from a hoodlum.
121* SelectiveObliviousness: On so many things. He fails to notice Eri or Yakumo's feelings for him, just for starters.
122* ShipTease: Gets a lot with Eri and Yakumo, and a ''tiny'' bit with Tenma and Mikoto.
123* ShirtlessScene: Boatloads of them.
124* SlowMotionFall: Every time Tenma mistakes him having a relationship with someone else.
125* SpannerInTheWorks: Harima's love for Tenma causes him to sabotage his plans to get together with her.
126* SpeaksFluentAnimal: What attracts Yakumo to him in the first place.
127* StalkerWithACrush: He's a rare sympathetic example for a male character, as he's the male lead, and not a bad guy at all, just a lovably bumbling fool for love. This is also downplayed that he doesn't always follow Tenma around.
128* StarvingArtist: It got to the point in ''Z'' where [[spoiler: he and Eri played a high-stakes game of shogi for either the forgiving of the large debt he owed her, or marrying into her family. She got disqualified though so nothing happened]].
129* SunglassesAtNight: He even wears them in the hospital.
130* VitriolicBestBuds: With Hanai. They argue and fight over everything, and Harima often messes around with Hanai for no real reason, but underneath that there's a rock-hard friendship and genuine trust.
131* WalkingTheEarth: He disappeared during the TimeSkip, earning a living as a traveling musician.
132* WillTheyOrWontThey: Gets this alternatively with Eri and Yakumo. "Z" leans toward Eri but [[GainaxEnding it was confusing]] on whether or not anything even happened.
133* YoungerThanTheyLook: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. When he's first introduced, he looks more like he belongs in college than a first year high school student, namely due to the facial hair, slicked back hair, and CoolShades making him look older. Once he loses the facial hair, he looks slightly younger, albeit now looking like a high school ''senior'' rather than a freshman. Without the glasses though and when his hair is left more unkempt, he looks his actual age and closer to the age of his peers, to the point no one can actually ''recognize'' him. Eri and Tenma in particular had no idea it was him when meeting him sans glasses and hair band, and Tenma only realized it once he slicked his hair back.
134[[/folder]]
135
136[[folder:Oji Karasuma]]
137!!Oji Karasuma
138
139[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/oji_322.jpg]]
140->'''Voiced by:''' Hiroki Konishi (JP) and Creator/EricVale (EN)
141
142The school's weird, quiet guy who loves curry and is the subject of Tenma's affections.
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144* AccidentalMisnaming: Though it [[TheStoic doesn't seem to bother him]], Harima calls him Torimaru, an AlternateCharacterReading of his name. The dub has Harima calling him "Kama Sutra" once or twice, but mostly giving him a HeyYou.
145* [[CosplayOtakuGirl Cosplay Otaku Dude]]: Akira's rival in this hobby.
146* CreepyMonotone: The only way he ever speaks.
147* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He easily dodges Harima's punch in front of the curry restaurant. Later, [[spoiler: he nearly fights [[TheDreaded Harima]] to a standstill]]. Not to mention that he singlehandedly racks up quite a few "kills" in the ''Film/BattleRoyale'' parody.
148* FingerSuckHealing: Karasuma does this for Tenma.
149* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Karasuma abruptly loses his memories, forcing Tenma to leave to the United States to look after him. However, it's heavily implied at reunion that some of his memories are starting to return.]]
150* LimitedWardrobe: Most of the characters have a few different sets of clothes. Karasuma is only ever seen in his school uniform.
151* NotSoStoic: [[spoiler:The usually-stoic Karasuma finally lets out his anguish when confronted by Harima about his feelings for Tenma, to the point where he's barely recognizable.]]
152* ObliviousToLove: Karasuma doesn't even seem aware of Tenma's affections... [[spoiler:[[ObfuscatingStupidity or does he?]]]]
153* TheQuietOne: He never raises his voice above a whisper.
154* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: Always seen in his school uniform, as part of his LimitedWardrobe.
155* TheStoic: Nothing can faze him. Not being attacked by Harima, not finding a love letter in his locker, nothing.
156[[/folder]]
157
158[[folder:Eri Sawachika]]
159!!Eri Sawachika
160
161[[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/180px-80403_2216.jpg]]
162->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuiHorie (JP) and Creator/LeahClark (EN)
163
164The wealthy, half-British member of Tenma's clique, who finds herself falling for Harima after he mistakenly proposes to her.
165----
166* ActionGirl: Although normally she doesn't like physical activity, she's considered to be one of the more athletic girls in her class. Apparently, she's also the fastest runner in her grade.
167* ArrangedMarriage: Averted twice thanks to Harima. On the second occasion, she was supposed to marry Shawn but she convinced Harima to "become her fiancee, but not for real". Whatever that entails.
168* AuthorAvatar: Rumor is she is based on the author's wife.
169* BigFancyHouse: Eri points out to Harima (manga only), that it's her father's house and not hers.
170* ButNotTooForeign: Half-Japanese, half-English. Her mixed heritage makes her attractive to the Japanese and an object of derision to Europeans.
171* ClingyJealousGirl: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]. Any time it looks like one of her friends in interested in Harima, she turns stone cold and nearly ruins her friendship.
172* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Gold eyes and blonde hair.
173* CuteLittleFangs: Sometimes, when she's being passive-aggressive.
174* DeathGlare: [[http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn139/animangamania/vlcsnap-2011-02-25-21h22m27s160.png This]], which makes Harima obey her immediately.
175* DefrostingIceQueen: Towards Harima. Slowly. ''[[{{Tsundere}} Very]]'' slowly.
176* DudeMagnet: Possibly the biggest in the series. She is considered the most popular girl in school among the guys. It's to the point she regularly turns Guys down, though her official count at least early on is actually lower than Yakumo's.
177* GirlishPigtails: To emphasize that she's not quite as mature as she likes to pretend.
178* GoodAngelBadAngel: When she invited Harima to her house.
179* LethalChef: Only surpassed by Tenma.
180* LonelyRichKid: Until Mikoto forcibly dragged her out of her shell.
181* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler:The final chapter of ''Z'' shows a scene of Harima and Eri bringing a child to visit the Tsukamotos and Oji in the hospital, but it is presented in such a way that it is most likely just a certain character (Max, Eri's old friend from Britain) imagining it.]]
182* MixedAncestryIsAttractive: She is half-Japanese, half-English, with blonde hair and light brown eyes. She is one of the school's two {{Dude Magnet}}s, along with the [[YamatoNadeshiko more classically beautiful]] Yakumo, and frequently has to turn guys down. Eri's mixed heritage makes her attractive to her Japanese peers and an object of derision to Europeans, which gives her [[SoBeautifulItsACurse a complex]] about her looks.
183* MsFanservice: The author loves to show Eri looking good in uniform, casual wear, bikini, evening gown, and of course, naked.
184* SleepCute: When she and Harima are stuck at a shrine overnight, she falls asleep on him. Harima even notes that, for a moment, he can forget that she's a [[LongList rich, selfish, egotistical, stuck-up, arrogant brat]].
185-->'''Eri:''' ''[sleep talking]'' Mikoto, what are you talking about? Whiskers totally fails at life.\
186'''Harima:''' Okay, moment over, back to being mortal enemies.
187* SoBeautifulItsACurse: All anybody sees of her are her stunning looks, and only her close circle of friends see her for who she is. Everyone else sees her as just a beautiful face, and she has quite the complex about this.
188* TheOjou: Harima even calls her one.
189* {{Tsundere}}: Switching moods [[DeconstructedTrope almost ruins her friendships]]. She gets attracted to Harima because she doesn't have to act nice towards him.
190* TsurimeEyes: The first hint to her personality.
191* WillTheyOrWontThey: Quite a bit with Harima. In the manga, [[spoiler: it seems likely that they do in the future of "Z". Eight years later in the main time-line, however, they have not]].
192[[/folder]]
193
194[[folder:Mikoto Suou]]
195!!Mikoto Suou
196
197[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mikoto_3080.jpg]]
198->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HitomiNabatame (JP) and Creator/BrinaPalencia (EN)
199
200A member of Tenma's clique and Hanai's long-time friend.
201----
202* ActionGirl: One of the top martial artists in her family's dojo. Also, seen during the war games mini-arc, where it was known that she and Hanai would be the two to watch out for.
203* AdaptationalDyeJob: Her hair is black in the manga, but blue in the anime. It’s possible it was done not to confuse the reader with Yakumo.
204* BatmanGambit: In one episode, Mikoto comes across Harima, down on his luck right before Christmas, and invites him back to her family's dojo to have a place to stay. He initially refuses. Later, the two bump into each other again. Mikoto has bought a large amount of food, and asks Harima if he'll help her take it all home. Once there, she tells him he's free to stay, to which he agrees.
205* BoisterousBruiser: Mikoto can be pretty rowdy at times, to the point of [[NoIndoorVoice getting carried away.]] But it mainly shows in her athleticism.
206* BuxomBeautyStandard: She has a sizable bust, which gets her the attention of Imadori who [[LustObject often lusts after her figure]], much to her irritation.
207* ChildhoodFriends: She and Hanai know each other from way back and even grew up together as sparring partners at her family's dojo. Which is why she's one of the few people who can kick his butt.
208* TheDefroster: A flashback reveals that she overheard some girls badmouthing Eri behind her back, and so she dragged her to a Suou Family party and acted like they were already best friends, causing Eri to open up to her.
209* FaceDeathWithDignity: She was one of the last to "die" during the survival games, due to being out of ammo just as she ran into Harima. Though she tried to save herself by making a grab for Akemi's gun, Harima kicks it out of reach. At which point, she resigned herself to her fate and told him to finish it.
210* FriendlyRivalry: As noted in the preceding entry, she and Hanai have been sparring partners since childhood. Which turns competitive on occasion.
211* GirlNextDoor: In terms of looks and her personality. She's basically the most down-to-earth member of the cast.
212* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Invoked whenever anyone mistakes her and Hanai for being an item, or in case anyone asks.
213* HugeSchoolgirl: She's the tallest girl in her class and one of the tallest at the school, which is part of the reason most guys are intimidated by her.
214* TheLadette: She's essentially [[OneOfTheBoys 'the guy']] among her group of friends, being that she's the most athletic girl at their school, one of the few people capable of beating Hanai, good at sports (and arcade games), and she likes knockin' back brewskies every now and then.
215* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Despite her looks and her figure, most guys are put-off by her height and athleticism. Asou was one of the few exceptions and briefly dated her, though it's implied he broke up with her [[SoreLoser because she kept beating him at video games]][[note]]see the SoreLoser entry in Asou's section[[/note]].
216* OfficeLady: Her perceived future career.
217* OneOfTheBoys: Though the boys stopped treating her as one of them as her chest grew out, she kept the personality.
218* ShipperOnDeck: Ships Harima and Eri. Most obvious when Harima is staying at her house for Christmas.
219* ShipTease: Alternatively with Hanai and Asou.
220* SuperDrowningSkills: In the anime version, she and her friends don't know how to swim. Which is why they lost hilariously after accepting a challenge to a swimming contest [[Funny/SchoolRumble and sank like stones.]]
221* TomboyishPonytail: She fashions her hair in a ponytail wherever she's sparring with Hanai.
222* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: By the time of ''"School Rumble Z"'' she and [[spoiler: Hanai]] are married.
223[[/folder]]
224
225[[folder:Akira Takano]]
226!!Akira Takano
227
228[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/akira05_363.jpg]]
229[[caption-width-right:200:Don't expect her to smile.]]
230->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KaoriShimizu (JP) and Creator/TrinaNishimura (EN)
231
232Last member of Tenma's clique and the quiet one of the group, whose half-sister Motoko is in the hospital.
233----
234* ActionGirl: She may or may not be a spy.
235* {{Bifauxnen}}: Pulls off wearing boyish attire (even tuxedos) quite well.
236* BoyishShortHair: Short hair for a {{Bifauxnen}}.
237* BrokenAce: The only thing she can't do is ''swim''.
238* CameraFiend: An aspect of her [[TheGadfly Gadfly]] personality.
239* TheChessmaster: She can make people do whatever she wants using a word or information that they want. The best example is her setting up the survival game using just a few choice words on Harima and Hanai.
240* TheComicallySerious: Always cracks a joke or dresses up in different outfits, and she still keeps that poker face on.
241* CosplayOtakuGirl: Her one ''really odd'' quirk.
242* DeadpanSnarker: While wearing a straight face too.
243-->'''Akira:''' Why do you fail at life?
244* EmotionlessGirl: Lampshaded. On her birthday, Tenma asks her to show her smile.
245* ForgivingTheAccidentalPervert: After correctly guessing what happened between the naked Harima and a nearly naked Eri, she reassures the former that she doesn't think he's a pervert, but [[BrutalHonesty she does tell him that he's a screw up]].
246* TheGadfly: She really enjoys messing with everyone, and the victim of most of her antics is Hanai. She expertly sets up the Culture Festival War, which she secretly tapes and edits into a film as her Culture Festival project.
247* GenreSavvy: Finds a naked Harima restraining a nearly naked Eri, and rather than take everything as it looks, immediately figures out that it's because Eri stumbled into the room while Harima was looking for his clothes and he grabbed her in a panic before she could scream.
248* MissionImpossibleCableDrop: During the school play to steal Harima's kiss.
249* SacredFirstKiss: Steals Harima's, then [[InsaneTrollLogic offers to give it back to Yakumo]].
250* SchoolSwimsuit: When she and her friends met Nara and his friends.
251* TheStoic: She usually keeps a straight fave and rarely smiles (and one of them was offscreen).
252* SugarAndIcePersonality: She seems [[EmotionlessGirl emotionless]], but deep down she's pretty nice and helpful when it counts.
253* TsurimeEyes: They fit her {{stoic}} nature.
254* WhenSheSmiles: On Tenma's birthday, Tenma demands to see her smile. No one else sees it, but Tenma is certainly impressed.
255[[/folder]]
256
257[[folder:Haruki Hanai]]
258!!Haruki Hanai
259
260[[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hanais_5205.jpeg]]
261->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShinjiKawada (JP) and Chris Cason (EN)
262
263Class Representative of 2-C and childhood friend of Mikoto. [[SeriousBusiness He treats everything he does seriously]] and has a major crush on Yakumo.
264----
265* AccidentalPervert: Not as bad as most of his classmates, but a little bit here and there.
266* AlliterativeName: '''H'''aruki '''H'''anai.
267* BrutalHonesty: He doesn't lie, hide his feelings, or gloss over the truth. He's in love with Yakumo, he's doing everything he can to be with her, and he does not care who knows it.
268* ButtMonkey: Is usually on the receiving end of Akira's pranks.
269* ChickMagnet: Heavily implied to be one, with [[spoiler:Tsumugi being confirmed as to liking him and Akira being heavily implied by the end]].
270* ChildhoodFriends: With Mikoto.
271* ClassRepresentative: He takes his duties seriously, but can get distracted by Yakumo or his rivalry with Harima.
272* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Despite his comic role, as a practitioner of Kenpo since childhood, Hanai is one of the best hand-to-hand combatants in the series and is matched only by the likes of Harima, Mikoto, and Harry [=McKenzie=].
273* CovertPervert: He tries his best to be a very moral and strict character, but he is human with his own perverted moments and thoughts.
274* DreadfulMusician: Due to not having practiced since he was a kid.
275* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In the episode where we find out about Yakumo's mind-reading ability, every boy is thinking about how beautiful and perfect she is while keeping a straight face. Then Hanai shows up, thinking the same thing -- the difference is he actually ''says'' it. From the moment we meet him, we know he is honest to a fault.
276* HamToHamCombat: With Harima sometimes.
277* GunFu: The survival games mini-arc culminates in a scene straight out of ''Film/{{Equilibrium}}'', where he and Harima displayed their skills in the use of Gun Katta.
278* HotBlooded: Just like Harima. Though his backgrounds tend to be crashing waves rather than explosions.
279* IncomingHam: Tends to enter scenes with "I, Haruki Hanai, ___!"
280* LargeHam: Makes loud and impressive declarations regularly.
281* MirrorCharacter: Although he and Harima consider each other rivals due to the fact that he is a class representative and Harima is a delinquent, they've got more in common than they'd like to admit. They're both obsessed with a particular girl, HotBlooded and prone to misunderstandings, and have been known to come up with near-identical plans independently.
282* NerdsAreNaive: The studious Hanai is a BadassBookworm, able to go toe to toe with DumbMuscle Harima in a fight. However, when it comes to interacting with women, he can be utterly naive and clueless. For example, when offering to give a girl who broke her glasses a ride home on his bike, he doesn't seem to think there's anything wrong with asking her how much she weighs.
283* NerdGlasses: Subverted in that he isn't actually a nerd, just an [[GeniusBruiser extremely intelligent badass]].
284* NiceGuy: Despite his HotBlooded nature, Hanai is always quick to lend a hand when someone needs help, even offering to help Nishimoto with his spring cleaning (until he found out what Nishimoto was [[PornStash clearing out.]]), gave Yuuki a ride home on his bike when she broke her glasses, expecting nothing in return, and will, from time to time, even show concern for how Harima is doing.
285* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Hanai usually comes off as a HotBlooded LargeHam. There are, however, a handful of moments when he speaks in calm, subdued tones. Usually, and perhaps unsurprisingly, these tend to be towards Mikoto.
286* PutOnABus: When the anime OvertookTheManga. He made some appearances but stopped being an important character. {{Lampshaded}} in the manga when he apparently has no idea how he came back.
287* RousingSpeech: Lampshaded during the class meeting following the survival games arc. Some of the students had no idea what he was talking about, yet said they felt motivated somehow.
288* ScaryShinyGlasses: At times.
289* ShipperOnDeck: Gives Mikoto a chance to dance with Asou after she misses the school play.
290* SunglassesAtNight: During the Wargames arc.
291* TrainingFromHell: He gets this from an old man he doesn't even know.
292* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler:In ''School Rumble Z'', he's married to his childhood friend Mikoto.]]
293* VitriolicBestBuds: With Harima. They argue and fight over everything, and Harima often messes around with Hanai for no real reason, but underneath that there's a rock-hard friendship and genuine trust.
294* WeddingsInJapan: Mikoto and Yakumo both participate in Western-style weddings, both with Hanai as the groom.
295* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: When he finds out that Tsukamato (Tenma, but he thinks it's Yakumo) is going to an engagement meeting, he rushes off after them on his bicycle.
296-->'''Nakamura:''' Please, they're hundreds of kilometers away. He'd have to be a lunatic--\
297'''Mikoto:''' Trust me, you have no idea.
298[[/folder]]
299
300[[folder:Kyousuke Imadori]]
301!!Kyousuke Imadori
302[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/imadori_5713.jpg]]
303->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DaisukeKishio (JP) and David Trosko (EN)
304
305The class's second-ranking pervert.
306----
307* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Mikoto, who finds his fixation with her breasts to be irritating.
308* BigBrotherInstinct: Instantly bonds with Karen's younger brother over a children's show.
309* BrilliantButLazy: One of the fastest runners in his class. Moreover, he's an excellent swimmer: his endurance and ability is such that he can keep up with Mikoto in a two-mile swim back to mainland. He can also grapple Hanai into a stalemate. The only thing holding him back is his lack of seriousness.
310* ChickMagnet: In his earliest apparitions at least. This characteristic its later dropped.
311* ChivalrousPervert: Towards Karen, more so once he discovers that [[HiddenBuxom she's actually bustier than her uniform shows]]. He also tends to gravitate towards Mikoto and Lala, if only because of their bustiness. But however perverted he may be, there are lows that he will never stoop to: upon hearing that Karen's date was bringing her to a shady night club, he immediately went to put a stop to it.
312* {{Flanderization}}: He went from girl magnet to ManChild, although he still retains elements of the former.
313* HandsomeLech: He's good-looking, but his lecherous attitude turns him into an AbhorrentAdmirer to women.
314* HasAType: He's a firm believer in the BuxomBeautyStandard, and gravitates towards busty girls.
315* TakingTheBullet: During the Sports Festival arc, he took a kick to the face for Mikoto.
316* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Karen. [[spoiler:They do.]]
317[[/folder]]
318
319[[folder:Karen Ichijou]]
320!!Karen Ichijou
321[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/karen-44cde1556d_2255.jpg]]
322->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukaNanri (JP, season 1), MAKO (JP, season 2 and OVA) and Creator/CarrieSavage (EN)
323
324A cute girl with scary strength. Has a younger brother named Kousuke.
325----
326* BadassAdorable: Very much so.
327* BuxomBeautyStandard: Her large bosom is why she becomes one of Imadori's LustObject.
328* CuteBruiser: Not that she's the only fighting girl in the series, but she pretty much ''defines'' the trope in this series.
329* DoesNotKnowHerOwnStrength: While she is aware that she is monstrously strong, she tends not to realize it when she's accidentally hurting someone with her strength.
330* HiddenBuxom: She keeps her chest bound most of the time, as any realistic athlete would.
331* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Thinks Imadori is a nice, friendly boy. [[spoiler:And as it turns out, she's right.]]
332* ShrinkingViolet: Very soft spoken and shy.
333* SuperStrength: She can lift a piano by herself with no difficulty. To quote the lady herself, "[[BlatantLies It doesn't take any kind of talent to lift things, it's just applied dynamics.]]"
334* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Imadori. [[spoiler:They do.]]
335[[/folder]]
336
337[[folder:Kentarou Nara]]
338!!Kentarou Nara
339->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuukiTai (JP) and Creator/ToddHaberkorn (EN)
340
341An ordinary boy who has a crush on Tenma but is too gutless to ever confess. Hangs around with Nishimoto & Yoshidayama.
342----
343* AttractiveBentGender: He had to cross-dress as punishment during a game, and everyone else comments that he looks scarily cute.
344* ButtMonkey: Tends to be everyone's favorite punching-bag (metaphorically or literally), and was DraggedIntoDrag more than once.
345* TheGenericGuy: Even the narrator just says "Eh, who cares," when it comes time to describe him.
346* MistakenForGay: With Imadori in the manga.
347* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: He's the only one who isn't a badass, a troll, a skilled athlete, or a raging pervert.
348* ThoseTwoGuys: With Nishimoto and Yoshidayama.
349* UnluckyEverydude: He's normal, his life sucks. Nothing more need be said.
350[[/folder]]
351
352[[folder:Ganji Nishimoto]]
353!!Ganji Nishimoto
354->'''Voiced by:''' Shun Takagi (JP) and Jaime Rivera (EN)
355
356Class 2-C's number-one pervert.
357----
358* EyesAlwaysShut: Makes him look like Buddha.
359* GentleGiant: Large and fat, but wouldn't hurt a fly.
360* LovableSexManiac: He eventually ends up giving away his collection to his male classmates.
361* PornStash: It also helps that his family runs a video rental store.
362* RedBaron: He is known as 2-C's "Ero-sommelier"
363* ThoseTwoGuys: With Nara and Yoshidayama.
364* TookALevelInJerkass: By ''School Rumble Z'', he's become a [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corrupt businessman]] who ran against Hanai for the position of mayor and turned everyone against Hanai, including all of his friends, through the use of bribery because he simply could not match Hanai's honesty and promises of reform any other way.
365* VerbalTic: Ends his sentences with "-dasu".
366[[/folder]]
367
368[[folder:Jirou Yoshidayama]]
369!!Jirou Yoshidayama
370->'''Voiced by:''' Hirotaka Nagase (JP, season 1), Makoto Tomita (JP, season 2 and OVA) and Creator/MikeMcFarland (EN)
371
372A delinquent who moved to Yagami in hopes of becoming its number-one thug, only to run into the more fearsome Harima.
373----
374* AnimeHair: May be subverted. He seems to just use a ''lot'' of hair gel since it's normal after he takes a bath.
375* BoisterousWeakling: Awfully shrimpy for someone who desires to be a thug.
376* ButtMonkey: He tends to get casually beaten up by Harima.
377* {{Delinquent}}: And aspires to be the number-one in the school.
378* TheStarscream: He's always plotting to overthrow Harima as the school delinquent, unaware that the latter's (unrequited) crush on Tenma has since made him relinquish his ways.
379* ThoseTwoGuys: With Nara and Nishimoto.
380[[/folder]]
381
382[[folder:Takeichi Fuyuki]]
383!!Takeichi Fuyuki
384->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HiroyukiYoshino (JP) and Creator/OrionPitts (EN)
385
386Class 2-C's number-three pervert.
387----
388* CameraFiend: Claims to take shots of girls for the yearbook, only to sell them to schoolmates just as perverted as him.
389* PrecociousCrush: To fellow Astronomy Club member Tsumugi, who rejected him in favor of Hanai.
390[[/folder]]
391
392[[folder:Hiroyoshi Asou]]
393!!Hiroyoshi Asou
394->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MitsuhiroIchiki (JP) and Creator/JMichaelTatum (EN)
395
396Star player of Yagami High's men's basketball team, who dated Mikoto for a short time.
397----
398* TheAce: Athletic, good-looking, intelligent, and a great chef to boot. Marred only by the fact that he doesn't come anywhere close to being a major character.
399* TheComicallySerious: Even amid the rest of his class's antics, he remains stoic, often to comedic effect.
400* EnsembleDarkhorse: In-universe, he's referred to as a "dark horse". He's not as prominent as the other male characters in the series, although he is among the most athletic students in his class. He's also popular among the girls.
401* MauveShirt: In the survival game. We'd just gotten to know him a little bit, but he wasn't even close to a main character by the time he "died".
402* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Suga's red.
403* SoreLoser: When Eri asks Mikoto why Asou broke up with her, she said all she knew was he stopped talking to her after she beat him at a couple of arcade games.
404%%* TheStoic
405* SupremeChef: Is extremely good at cooking.
406* TallDarkAndHandsome
407* ThoseTwoGuys: With fellow basketball player Suga.
408[[/folder]]
409
410[[folder:Ryuuhei Suga]]
411!!Ryuuhei Suga
412->'''Voiced by:''' Makoto Yasumura (JP) and Creator/RobertMcCollum (EN)
413
414Asou's best friend and member of the men's basketball team.
415----
416* AuthorAvatar: Well, not in the sense that he's the author's mouthpiece, but WordOfGod has stated that he is most like Suga.
417* BromanticFoil: To Asou.
418* ButtMonkey: His life sucks almost as much as Nara's does, although this is often his fault because he keeps acting like an idiot and a loser.
419* CaptainErsatz: He looks a lot like ''Manga/SlamDunk'''s Hanamichi Sakuragi.
420* {{Flanderization}}: Suga's loserliness was increasingly emphasized in the manga to the point where he started hanging out more with Nishimoto rather than Asou.
421* {{Hypocrite}}: He's completely shocked when he finds out that Midori is dating with another man behind Shigeo's back. She insulted her calling her a black ship, and he's ready to calling him by the phone informing him about the situation. But he doesn't stop Madoka when she kissed him as a reward of keeping the secret.
422* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Asou's blue.
423* ThoseTwoGuys: With fellow basketball player Asou.
424[[/folder]]
425
426[[folder:Mai Otsuka]]
427!!Mai Otsuka
428->'''Voiced by:''' Michi Yamazaki (JP) and Creator/KateOxley (EN)
429
430Acting substitute Class Representative of Class 2-C in the event Hanai can't perform his duties, in spite of her friend Tsumugi supposedly filling that role.
431----
432* BuxomBeautyStandard: Imadori is pretty happy to learn she has a HiddenBuxom figure.
433* ClassRepresentative: She is one for nine years straight until Hanai came in. Still that doesn't stop her from exercising some authority in class whenever Hanai isn't around.
434* DrillSergeantNasty: Gives off a bit of this vibe when yelling at everyone.
435* GenkiGirl: She's quite passionate with her (self-appointed) duty.
436* HiddenBuxom: According to the 2-C female information segment on season 2 episode 1, her rack is pretty impressive under their school uniform. Even Imadori is shocked upon learning this.
437* {{Otaku}}: Frequently imagines herself as a MagicalGirl. One episode is even dedicated to her in such a form.
438* NeatFreak: ''Oh yes''. She’s very aggressive towards people and will tell them to make things straight.
439[[/folder]]
440
441[[folder:Tsumugi Yuki]]
442!!Tsumugi Yuki
443->'''Voiced by:''' Chisa Tadokoro (JP) and Creator/LauraBailey (EN)
444
445Mai's best friend and the actual substitute Class Representative in the event Hanai, whom she has a crush on, is unavailable.
446----
447* BewareTheNiceOnes: She’s a kind young woman, but like everyone else, she has her limits.
448* ShipTease: With Fuyuki.
449* ShrinkingViolet: Around Hanai.
450[[/folder]]
451
452[[folder:Megumi Sagano]]
453!!Megumi Sagano
454->'''Voiced by:''' Ai Horanai (JP) and Creator/CaitlinGlass (EN)
455
456A fellow member of the nascent women's basketball team.
457----
458* CuteSportsClubManager: Before the women's basketball team was formed, she was this to the men's team.
459* PassionateSportsGirl: Used to be one during her junior high school days, and reinstates this position with the creation of the women's basketball team.
460[[/folder]]
461
462!!Class 1-D
463
464[[folder:Yakumo Tsukamoto]]
465!!Yakumo Tsukamoto
466[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yakumo_2843.jpg]]
467->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MamikoNoto (JP) and Creator/CaitlinGlass (EN)
468
469Tenma's younger, far more responsible sister. A sweet, kind and soft-spoken girl who also works part-time at a CosplayCafe. She develops feelings for Harima when she starts helping him with his manga.
470----
471* TheAce: She's intelligent, athletic, and an excellent cook.
472* BeautifulDreamer: How Hanai and Sarah first saw Yakumo.
473* BerserkButton: Never insult Tenma in her presence.
474* BewareTheNiceOnes: Despite her ShrinkingViolet tendencies, she is actually quite brave in a stand-off, facing down a group of armed animal catchers as well as the monstrous Editor-in-Chief (who had Harima ''petrified'') with little visible fear. And nobody insults her friends, classmates, let alone her sister, and still not sense her seething with anger.
475* BigLittleBrother: Not only taller than her big sister Tenma, but also orders of magnitude more mature.
476* BlessedWithSuck: She can read the mind of anyone who likes her, except Harima (all she sees is an ellipsis in the manga).
477* DaddysGirl: One of the reasons she's attracted to Harima is that he looks like the Tsukamotos' father from behind.
478* DoesNotLikeMen: Subverted. When a "ghost" that is later revealed to simply be a manifestation of her own subconscious asks her in a threatening manner if she hates men, Yakumo claims she doesn't; she just has yet to really make a breakthrough with them.
479* DudeMagnet: To the point of being the school Idol, as tons of guys throw themselves at her. An early chapter reveals that by she had as many suitors as Eri and Mikoto ''combined''.
480* TheEmpath: She can read minds (literally, she sees thoughts as words floating in the air) of people who like her. Only Harima is immune to her mind reading ability.
481* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Thanks to Sarah and Akira.
482* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The responsible to Tenma's foolish.
483* HeavySleeper: She does the housework, goes to school and has a job so it's no wonder she gets sleepy. It's also a DeconstructedTrope, since it interfere with her daily chores.
484* HerOwnWorstEnemy: In her final meeting with the ghost that represents her subconscious, the ghost tells her as much; that she is the one most directly responsible for her loneliness. Romantically speaking, Yakumo has little difficulty informing Harima that her greatest rival for his affection (sans Tenma) has feelings for him but is, herself, all but ''completely'' paralyzed at the pursuit of advancing her own relationship with him. She tells the ghost that she wants to change and to begin letting others in but at least in "Z", this commitment does not appear to have taken hold.
485* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Sarah.
486* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Yakumo's thoughts in Chapter 9 of ''Z'' indicate that she is doubtful she has the power to break down the walls around Harima's heart and seems more accepting than she once was (particularly near the end of volume 17) of the possibility that she very well may end up having to forfeit him to Eri in the end.
487* TheIngenue: Her telepathy makes her painfully aware of impure thoughts towards her but she is still unaware of how to get into a relationship.
488* InsecureLoveInterest: After slapping Eri in "defense" of Tenma late in volume 17, Yakumo later breaks down in Sarah's arms and admits that she, herself, believes there may have been an element of lashing out in pain over Eri's rivalry with her for Harima. She further confides that she feels the weight of everything she has buried in her heart is turning her into, in her own words, "a terrible person" and she clearly ''hates'' it. There are a couple occasions thereafter where Yakumo indicates fear that as she is, she may be too shut-down to get through to him.
489* InSeriesNickname: Harima calls her "imouto-san" as a way of distinguishing her from Tenma. This actually borders on AffectionateNickname because Harima almost never uses polite speech (unless forced to), and only does so when he talks to Yakumo.
490* {{Meido}}: When she works she wears this outfit. It gives her a cute appeal.
491* MysteriousPast: As a child, Yakumo was shown to be highly outspoken and combative, especially with her sister; A massive contrast to the gentle and timid Yakumo in the main time-frame of the series. Little to no explanation is given for her massive change, however. All that is really known comes from "Z", in which Yakumo cites "deep wounds since long ago" inside her and that the Tsukamoto sisters once actually spent a fairly emotional Christmas night with Harima as kids that they all forgot about.
492* NiceGirl: All she wants is her sister to be happy, even if that means letting her have [[IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy the only boy she's interested in]].
493* PlayboyBunny: Subverted -- Hanai imagined she's about to wear one; turns out she's wearing an oversized rabbit costume.
494* TheQuietOne: She never raises her voice.
495* SchoolIdol: She is ranked as the most popular freshman in their school and one of the most popular girls overall. Many people think she's just not aware of how popular she is due to her quiet demeanor.
496* ShrinkingViolet: Very timid and shy, and starts almost all her sentences with "Um". How bad is it? Every single one of her central friend group is shown to have become her friend ''that year''. She is one of the most highly praised students in school by faculty and students alike, yet a late special centered on her shows that despite ''everyone wanting to be friends with her'' she can't even bring herself to initiate conversation with a group of cheerful classmates talking about doing karaoke to a song she knows and loves. Luckily, they bring it up to her.
497* SiblingYinYang: Yakumo is everything Tenma wishes she was[[note]]tall, stunningly beautiful, intelligent, talented in anything she sets her mind to, and a great cook[[/note]], and also everything Tenma isn't[[note]]shy, reserved, and usually melancholic[[/note]]. Perhaps the only traits both sisters share are that both of them are nice people and both have problems expressing their feelings to the people they love.
498* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Every male she meets (except Harima) is instantly infatuated with her, and due to her mind reading, she is embarrassingly aware of this.
499* SupremeChef: Her cooking is remarked as being very delicious.
500* TookALevelInKindness: Retroactive example -- [[spoiler:she used to be quite the AnnoyingYoungerSibling to Tenma, until her encounter with Harima changed her life]].
501* TsurimeEyes: A subversion or a double? Considering her childhood personality, it makes sense.
502* WhenSheSmiles: She's beautiful enough even while maintaining a calm expression under most circumstances. In the few moments when she actually smiles, she looks like a goddess.
503* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Harima. In the time-line of "Z", she seems to believe they will not and vague evidence appears to agree with her.
504* YamatoNadeshiko: A quiet and polite Japanese schoolgirl that you should still beware of.
505[[/folder]]
506
507[[folder:Sarah Adiemus]]
508!!Sarah Adiemus
509->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukariFukui (JP) and Creator/GwendolynLau (EN)
510
511Yakumo's best friend, a British exchange student and part-time nun.
512----
513* BigDamnHeroes: She saved Yakumo from a dog, forging their friendship.
514* FriendshipMoment: Saving Yakumo from a dog.
515* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Yakumo.
516* NunsAreMikos: Yep. "Part-time nun" sums it up.
517[[/folder]]
518
519[[folder:Satsuki Tawaraya]]
520!!Satsuki Tawaraya
521->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MariyaIse (JP) and Creator/CheramiLeigh (EN)
522
523A member of the nascent women's basketball team.
524----
525* BigEater: She can eat multiple ''family-size'' meals in a single sitting.
526* CaptainErsatz: Of ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'s'' Tatsuki Arisawa.
527* HugeGuyTinyGirl: With Asou (who once coached the nascent team until Anegasaki-sensei came in).
528%%* PassionateSportsGirl
529* PrecociousCrush: To Asou, which once made her unable to play for a short while until he turns her down.
530[[/folder]]
531
532!!Class 2-D
533
534[[folder:Harry Mackenzie]]
535!!Harry Mackenzie
536->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NobuyukiHiyama (JP) and Creator/JasonLiebrecht (EN)
537
538American exchange student. His name sounds like Harima's when pronounced in Japanese. Actually has quite a bit in common with Harima besides that, too. Popular with the ladies.
539----
540* TheAce: Handsome, charming, strong in a fight.
541* BadassBiker: Early mentions of him are that he rides a bike and kicks ass. This leads to confusion with Harima Kenji, who does the same.
542* CharClone: Visually resembles Char's Quattro Bajina persona from ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam''... and his bike is gold, just like Quattro's Hyaku Shiki.
543* ChekhovsGunman: His name is first heard in episode 1 leading Harima to think that he passed.
544* CoolShades: Red shades, making him resemble [[CharClone Quattro Bajina]].
545* {{Expy}}: see CharClone.
546[[/folder]]
547
548[[folder:Lala Gonzalez]]
549!!Lala Gonzalez
550->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuuKobayashi (JP) and Creator/MonicaRial (EN)
551
552Mexican exchange student and Karen's wrestling rival.
553----
554%%* BigEater
555* BuxomBeautyStandard: Her well-endowed figure is what causes Imadori to be attracted to her.
556* ButNotTooForeign: She's an exchange student from Mexico, but it's implied she's half-Japanese.
557* EarlyBirdCameo: Prior to her official debut, she is first shown in the ending credit sequence. Within the series itself, she is first seen wrestling a masked Tenma, who volunteered to become Karen's substitute so she can go on her date with Imadori.
558%%* ExpositoryHairstyleChange
559* {{Expy}}: Like much of her class, an Expy for a Gundam character. In this case, Lalah Sune.
560* FriendlyEnemy: Her antagonism toward Karen softened during the show's run.
561* HiddenDepths: Harry once caught her doing cheerleading routines hidden from everyone's view. When she was doing it in the open earlier, everyone thought she was doing it against her will [[EmotionlessGirl given her lack of expression]].
562* HotBlooded: Rare female example. She ''shouts'' nearly everything she says.
563* HugeSchoolgirl: Exceptionally tall.
564* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Tends to be incredibly abusive and callous in response to the slightest provocation, but shows a soft side every now and then, especially towards Karen, her self-proclaimed rival. And to be fair, some of her victims did deserve a beating.
565* MommyIssues: She initially hated Karen with a passion because the latter shared the same name as her mother, who abandoned her at an early age.
566* NoIndoorVoice: Yells most of her lines.
567* NoSocialSkills: Her aggressive attitude tends to scare others away. It doesn't help that she is tall and very intimidating, in addition to being visibly foreign and unfamiliar with Japanese customs. On the flipside of things, she does tone this down during her date with Imadori.
568* PerpetualFrowner: So much so that Imadori risked getting his ass beat just so he can make her smile.
569* RousingSpeech: She convinced her team to play against the Outlaw basketball team.
570-->'''Lala:''' Why have we been practicing? For honor? For glory? No, for victory!
571* SpicyLatina: HotBlooded, NoIndoorVoice, and quick to fight.
572* WhenSheSmiles: She can be very charming when she does smile.
573[[/folder]]
574
575[[folder:Masakazu Tougo]]
576!!Masakazu Tougo
577->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HirokiYasumoto (JP) and Creator/TravisWillingham (EN)
578
579Class Representative of 2-D. He tends to burst into long inspirational speeches. His father is a diplomat, so he brags he's been to the United States. His younger sister Haruna is a friend of Yakumo. Possesses great charisma and can talk people to doing his bidding quite easily.
580----
581* ClassRepresentative: He primarily uses his position to whip his class into a frenzy.
582* {{Expy}}: Like Harry, he is like a black-haired [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamStardustMemory Anavel Gato]].
583* HeyThatsMyLine: His main method of stealing Hanai's thunder.
584* HotBlooded: See him "whip his class into a frenzy."
585* LargeHam: With extra ham on the side. Its impossible to find a single line he speaks where he ''isn't'' hamming it up (which is annoying to Harima, since that often cuts in on his hamboning time)
586* {{Leitmotif}}: ''[[{{Eagleland}} Oh say can't you see]], [[NationalAnthem by the dawn's early light]]...''
587* NonStandardCharacterDesign: In the manga especially, he's drawn more like the shonen heroes he's designed to parody.
588* RousingSpeech: He's really good at this but sometimes [[CharacterFilibuster goes overboard]].
589* ShirtlessScene: Intentionally. He loves his physique.
590* SitcomArchnemesis: To Hanai.
591* TestosteronePoisoning: His courage to take on things head on is almost [[SuicidalOverconfidence suicidal]].
592* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: When the school play starts going haywire, he thinks it's a glorious avant-garde performance.
593[[/folder]]
594
595[[folder:Noboru Tennouji]]
596!!Noboru Tennouji
597->'''Voiced by:''' Tomoyuki Shimura (JP) and Creator/SonnyStrait (EN)
598
599Delinquent extraordinaire and Harima's nemesis.
600----
601* BaldOfEvil: "Evil" might be a bit strong for a mere high school thug (and he's shown to have a rather well-hidden sensitive side) but in most of his appearances he's a nasty, violent bully without a stitch of hair on his head.
602%%* TheBrute
603* {{Gonk}}: Especially compared to handsome Harry, masculine Tougou, and sexy Lala.
604* TeamRocketWins: He beats Harima once, when the latter is [[HeroicBSOD in despair]] after finding out Tenma liked Karasuma. However, because Harima [[WorfHadTheFlu isn't himself]], he's unable to enjoy it
605* UglyGuysHotDaughter: A gonk guy with an adorable little sister Mio, who, ironically, has a crush on Harima's younger cousin Shuuji.
606* YourSizeMayVary: Done intentionally, but when he shows up during the kibasen at the sports festival, he's the size of a [[Manga/AttackOnTitan titan]] and sweeps away entire ''rows'' of opponents with one casual swing of his giant arm. Obviously exaggerated for dramatic purposes.
607[[/folder]]
608
609!!Yagami High Faculty
610
611[[folder:Itoko Osakabe]]
612!!Itoko Osakabe
613->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuuAsakawa (JP) and Creator/StephanieYoung (EN)
614
615Harima's cousin and Physics teacher. Considered the hottest chick in school.
616----
617* ActionGirl: During the war arc, she gets annoyed with "Eri" curb-stomping everyone, so she grabs a sniper rifle and decides to even the playing field.
618* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Intelligent, composed, sarcastic and distant.
619* [[CoolBigSis Cool Older Cousin]]: Functions as one towards Harima, more so when he had to stay at her place.
620* HotTeacher: ... ''look at her''. Leads to many students falling for her. According to the 2-C boys, her hotness [[ReadingsAreOffTheScale cannot be measured by their standard scale of feminine hotness.]]
621* LadyOfWar: Is left alone by "Eri" during the war arc because she is a "flower blooming on the battle field."
622* TheyCallMeMrTibbs: Constantly reminds her cousin to call her Itoko-sensei at school.
623[[/folder]]
624
625[[folder:Youko Sasakura]]
626!!Youko Sasakura
627->'''Voiced by:''' Akiko Kurumado (JP, season 1), Creator/AyaHirano (JP, season 2 and OVA) and Creator/LydiaMackay (EN)
628
629Art teacher and childhood friend of Itoko.
630----
631* HotTeacher: Has a fanclub almost as large as Itoko.
632* PseudoRomanticFriendship: With Itoko. It starts with her painting Itoko in the nude, but apparently they also go on long drives and take vacations together.
633[[/folder]]
634
635[[folder:Tae Anegasaki]]
636!!Tae Anegasaki
637->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SayakaOhara (JP) and Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard (EN)
638
639The school nurse and the closest the school had for a women's basketball coach.
640----
641* HospitalHottie: Half the boys in the school mysteriously got injured the day she showed up.
642* HotForStudent: Has a crush on Harima... maybe.
643* SchoolNurse: Complete with the giving students love advice.
644* ShipperOnDeck: She is careful to explain to Eri that nothing happened between her and Harima.
645* ThirdOptionLoveInterest: Eri & Yakumo, eat your hearts out.
646[[/folder]]
647
648[[folder:Hayato Tani]]
649!!Hayato Tani
650->'''Voiced by:''' Makoto Yasumura (JP) and Creator/KentWilliams (EN)
651
6522-C's Homeroom teacher with a major crush on Anegasaki-sensei.
653----
654* BewareTheNiceOnes: When he gets pissed, he's terrifying.
655* ButtMonkey: The universe is extremely unkind to him
656* MistakenForGay: A running gag with Harima.
657* TormentedTeacher: Tani tries to be a NiceGuy, and he's actually one of the few at the school who is impressed with Harima's improvement. But he is also a ButtMonkey who has a class of extreme personalities, has had a couple of moments with Harima where the two were MistakenForGay (Harima's withdrawal letter ended up in the envelope he gave Tenma, meaning Tani got the love letter intended for Tenma, and on another occasion Harima wanted to invite Tenma to the movies, but she'd moved off, so he'd accidentally asked Tani). Then, when the attractive new SchoolNurse, Tae Anagasaki gives him some homemade cookies as a way of introducing herself, they're eaten by Tani's rival, Kato, homeroom teacher of Class 2-D.
658[[/folder]]
659
660[[folder:Koorimaru]]
661!!Koorimaru
662->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HirokiYasumoto (JP) and Creator/JimForonda (EN)
663
664The school's PE teacher.
665----
666* AnimalMotifs: The gorilla.
667* TheBigGuy: Of the teachers, as befits his status as PE teacher.
668* DrillSergeantNasty: The coach variant.
669[[/folder]]
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